Dish rack



March 21, 1939. M L ATLAS 2,151,068

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ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application September 2, 1936, Serial No. 99,140 Renewed October 6, 1938 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in dishracks and more particularly has reference to and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in its application to an article of the class described 5 especially adapted for use in restaurants, hotels,

steamships and institutions.

7 Referring to said drawings, I have illustrated inFig. 1 in perspective, a suitable form of dishrack embodying an application of my invention.

10 Fig. 2 is a similar view of the outer frame. Fig.

3 a similar view of part of the interior rack thereof, and Fig. 4 a similar view of a modified form of'rack.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2, it 15 will be observed that the outer frame comprises preferably a base angle 5. and corner angles 6, supporting an upper rectangular flat frame member 1, connected to the base angle by straps 9, said parts being suitably welded or soldered as 20 may be found convenient.

The lower rack shown in Fig. 1 comprises inner side rails l0, preferably of wood having cross bars H, the same being seated upon the lower flange of the'base angle frame 5, and thereupon rests 25 another pair of preferably wooden side rails l2 having bars l3 at right angles to the bars I I, and another pair of side rails l5 are connected by 'bars M, the side rails l2 resting upon the ends of the side rails l while the side rails l are 30 preferably spaced upwardly from the side rails l2, the side rails l2 and I5 being preferably secured to the outer metal frame as indicated at l2, l5 thus providing a strong and sanitary form of dish-rack of simple construction, easily 35 assembled, cleaned or repaired.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the cut away portions I6, I 1 for clearing the uprights 9, 6 are shown more clearly and the upper and lower rack l5, H] are secured together by dowels l8 allowing the same to be removed together and to rest upon the lower rack l0, in which case the 5 fastening means I2, l5 may be eliminated.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 a wire basket is shown of suitable and conventional form to take the place of the wooden racks shown in Figs. 1 and 3 within the outer frame shown in 10 Figs. 1 and 2, but no claim is made for this wire form of basket.-

Of course it will be understood that various modifications may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

A dish rack comprising an outer frame of appreciable height having upper and lower interconnected supporting bars and being entirely open at the top and bottom, a pair of superimposed frames within said outer frame and removably supported adjacent the bottom of said outer frame on said lower supporting bar, cross bars on the lower of said pair of inner frames disposed at right angles to bars disposed on the upper of 'said pair of inner frames, an upper frame disposed in said outer frame adjacent the upper end thereof and removably supported on the upper of said outer supporting bars in spaced relation to said pair of superimposed lower frames, said upper frame being provided with bars which parallel some of the bars of said superimposed pair of frames.

MURRAY L. ATLAS. 

